About the book: 2017 / Our contemporary, the Russian Cornelius, was sent by the ancient Slavic gods Rod, Perun, Yarila, Svarog and Veles from our time to the distant past to prevent the collapse of Kievan Rus. To accomplish this difficult task, the gods grant Cornelius eternal youth, providing him with unlimited funds. Finding himself in 1140, Cornelius serves his fatherland with all his might. He becomes a prince, forms an army, creates intelligence and counterintelligence, and builds roads and fortresses throughout Rus'. But the gods don’t give anything to anyone for free, so Cornelius’s main tests are still ahead…